'Orphanage  Sunday,"  November  23 


LIST  OF  ORPHANAGES  AND 
SUPERINTENDENTS 

Baptist  Orphanage — Rev.  M.  L.  Kesler,  Thomasville. 

Methodist  Orphanage — Rev.  A.  S.  Barnes,  Raleigh. 

Presbyterian  Orphanage — Jos.   B.   Johnston,   Barium 
Springs. 

Methodist  Orphanage— Rev.  C.  A.  Wood,  Winston-Salem. 

Thompson  Orphanage— Rev.  W.  H.  Wheeler,  Charlotte. 

Methodist  Protestant  Home— H.  A.  Garrett,  High  Point. 

Christian  Orplmnage— Charles  D.  Johnston,  Elon  College. 

Oxford  Orphan  Asylum— R.  L.  Brown,  Oxford. 

Odd  Fellows  Home— Charles  H.  Warren,  Goldsboro. 

Eleida  Orphanage— Rev.  Lucius  B.  Compton,  Asheville. 

Pythian  Home — C.  W.  Pender,  Clayton. 

•Children's  Home  Society — J.  J.  Phoenix,  Greensboro. 

Nazareth  Orphan's  Home—Vf.  H.  McNairy,  Crescent. 

Falcon  Orplianage — J.  A.  Culbreth,  Falcon. 

Free-WiU-Baptist  Home — C.  G.  Pope,  Middlesex. 

Nazareth  Orphanage — Rev.  George  A.  Woods,  Nazareth. 

Mountain  Orphanage — R.  D.  Bedinger,  Balfour. 

Grandfather  Orphanage — J.  M.  Holcombe.  Banner  Elk. 

St.  Ann's  Home — Sister  Mary  Claire,  Belmont. 

Alexander  Home — Mrs.  L.  Brown  McKoy,  Cor.  Sec,  Char- 
lotte. 

•Wright  Refuge — Miss  Alice  Pirie,  Durham. 

Juvenile  Relief  Home — Mrs.  George  Norflcet,  Winston- 
Salem. 

Memorial  Industrial  School — Rev.  W.  J.  Poindexter  (Col.), 

Winston-Salem. 
Orphan  Home    (Col.) — Henry  P.  Cheatham,  Oxford. 


•Child-placing  institutions. 


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LITTLE  ONE  HAS  A  WORD 

"/  am  the  Future,  for  in  me  there  lies 
What  through  the  ages  our  land  shall  be; 
Ycl  irhul  I  am  is  irhat  you  are  to  me — 
/  am  the  question  to  which  you  make  replies." 


THE  helplessness  of  the  child  makes  a  uni- 
versal .Hid  powerful  appeal.  Only  the 
heart  in  which  the  spirit  of  the  Master 
does  not  dwell  is  untouched  by  this  appeal.  If 
you  want  to  know  whether  your  heart  is  in  the 
right  place,  seriously  inquire  of  yourself  how 
near  you  can  approach,  In  a  Christian  spirit,  a 
fatherless  and  homeless  little  child.  Have  you 
ever  felt  the  thrill  and  the  warmth  of  heart  that 
comes  when  the  weak  hand  of  the  little  child 
smuggles  Into  yours  on  a  dark  night,  or  in  a 
strange  place?  If  you  have,  this  message  will 
appeal  to  you.  If  not,  it  is  "sweetness  wasted 
on  the  desert  air." 

When  the  Good  Master  wauled  to  teach  men  a 
lesson  in  trust  and  in  faith,  and  in  child-like 
Innocency,  lie  set  a  little  child  in  their  midst 
and  said  :  "Inasmuch  as  ye  do  it  unto  one  of  the 
least  hi'  these,  my  brethren,  ye  have  done  it  unto 
me."      On    many    occasions   during   His   ministry 

among  men  the  Master  referred  tenderly  to  the 
care  ami  protection  of  children,    shall  we.  then. 

Offer  an  apology  for  bringing  again  the  needs  of 
the  fathi  I'less  and  motherless  children  of  North 
Carolina  in  the  attention  of  the  people  at 
Thanksgiving? 

The  farmer  plants  his  seed  for  the  harvest  he 
expects  I"  realize.  The  Orphan  homes  of  the 
Slate  arc  planning  for  a  harvest  of  the  race. 
Shall  we  give  to  growing  children  that  degree  of 
cue  and  attention  the  farmer  expends  upon  the 

pianis  from  which  he  exacts  an  abundant  yield 
(if  golden  grain?  Shall  wo  have  a  part  in  build- 
ing for  the  future?  Shall  we  grow  patriots  for 
the  coming  years? 

In  order  that  more  adequate  equipment  and 
BUPPOri  may  l»'  provided  for  our  pal riol-making 
agencies.  |  he  orphan  homes,  the  "One  Day-for- 
the-Orphana"    movement    was    started,    calling 


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upon  all  our  people  to  add  to  the  stream  of  regu- 
lar contributions  a  special  Thanksgiving  offering 
equal  to  a  day's  income.  Hitherto,  this  request 
has  met  with  a  generous  response.  It  has  en- 
listed our  people  of  all  creeds  and  classes  in 
beautiful  cooperation  for  the  support  of  a  needed 
civic  and  Christian  philanthropy. 

The  need  of  the  orphan  homes  is  still  urgent, 
and  every  citizen  of  the  State  is  asked  to  co- 
operate in  the  movement  to  save  from  degen- 
eracy and  help  train  for  good  citizenship  the 
most  exposed  children  in  the  world? 

How  can  you  do  this?  How  can  you  so  give 
that  your  charity  will  reach  directly  to  the  home- 
less orphan? 

A  list  of  these  splendid  institutions  appears  on 
the  last  page  of  this  pamphlet.  Every  one  of 
them  is  worthy  of  your  support.  You  are  asked 
to  forward  to  one  of  these  a  special  Thanks- 
giving offering.  A  day's  wage,  or  the  income  of 
a  day,  "is  suggested — more  if  you  can,  less  if  you 
can  do  no  better. 

And,  remember,  you  are  asked  to  do  this  in 
the  name  of  Him  who  said.  "Suffer  little  children 
to  come  unto  me,  and  forbid  them  not,  for  of 
such  is  the  kingdom  of  heaven."  It  is  for  His 
unfortunates  this  appeal  is  made.  To  the  liberal 
giver  it  will  bring  happiness  and  contentment; 
and  the  liberal  contributor  is  the  individual  who 
gives  in  the  right  spirit,  be  It  much  or  little. 
"For  God  loveth  a  cheerful  giver." 

Winter,  with  its  cold,  its  sufferings,  and  Its 
privations  for  many,  Is  approaching.  Can  we 
allow  a  single  orphan  child  in  our  great  Com- 
monwealth to  lack  for  food,  for  clothes,  or  for 
knowledge  that  will  enable  that  child  to  become 
a  useful  citizen,  and  that  will  direct  its  steps 
into  the  ways  of  pleasantness  and  peace? 

Raymond  Robbins  once  said,  "The  greatest 
hope  for  the  world  lies  in  the  fact  that  there  is 
it  new  generation  born  three  times  in  every  cen- 
tury." Three  times  in  every  hundred  years  God 
gives  us  a  new  generation  of  children  to  teach 
ami  Id  lead  into  the  paths  and  the  ways  of  His 


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family.  And  we  are  admonished  to  "train  up  a 
child  in  the  way  he  should  go.  and  when  he  is 
old  he  will  not  depart  from  it." 

Let  us  take  God  at  His  word  and  train  up  the 
new  generation  to  be  true  and  honest  and  worthy 
men  and  women.  Then  we  may  confidently  hope 
for  and  have  reason  to  expect  that  the  boys  and 
girls  of  Today  will  become  the  splendid  men  and 
women  so  necessary  for  Tomorrow.  Ton  can 
help  by  entering  into  the  spirit  of  this  me- 
from  the  North  Carolina  Orphan  Association. 
which  asks  you  to  help  gladden  the  lives  of 
hundreds  of  fatherless  and  motherless  children 
now  under  the  fostering  care  of  the  fine  orphan 
homes  located  in  various  sections  of  our  pro- 
gressive State. 

Make  your  offering  on  or  about  Thanksgiving 
Day.  Make  it  on  the  basis  of  your  earning 
capacity  of  a  single  day.  Make  it  through  your 
church,  or  lodge,  or  send  direct  to  the  orphanage 
of  your  choice.  Make  it.  remembering  that 
thousands  of  others  are  with  you  in  this  move- 
ment. Make  it.  if  you  will,  with  the  prayer  that 
our  orphan  children  may  be  led  into  the  larger 
life  here  and  the  life  eternal  hereafter.  Make  it 
with  the  wish  that  the  next  Thanksgiving 
may  be  the  gladdest  and  best  ever  observed  in 
North  Carolina. 

M.  I*  Shipman.  W.  A.  Graham. 

Stacet  W.  Wade.  Annie  Travis. 

J.  W.  Bailey,  Mart  G.  Shotwtll. 

J.  R.  Young,  Committee. 

Raleigh,  N.  C.  1924 


Rotarians,  Kiwanians.  Civitans.  Lions. 
Red  Deer,  and  other  civic  organizations 
are  respectfully  requested  to  cooperate  in 
this  movement  by  bringing  the  matter  to 
the  attention  of  members  at  their  weekly 
luncheons  during  the  month  of  November. 
Church  and  fraternal  societies  are  espe- 
cially invited  to  join  heartily  in  the  effort 
to  advance  this  worthy  cause. 


